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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11274
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14078
13 Actual Demand 10991
14 Aggregate Planning 11913
15 Air Cargo 9827
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6432
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34566
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15198
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18921
20 Assembly Line 21575
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22679
22 Average Speed of Answer 26373
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22683
24 Batch Production 37689
25 Bill Discounting 14164
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10833
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6930
28 Blanket Release 9775
29 Bonded Warehouse 9863
30 Booking Number 13428
31 Bottleneck 9252
32 Buffer Stock 58381
33 Build to Stock 12732
34 Bullwhip Effect 9300
35 Business Logistics 25135
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12338
37 Capacity Management 39633
38 Capacity Utilization 13798
39 Capital Intensive 8119
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8403
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11867
42 Certified Supplier 8825
43 Channel Effectiveness 8784
44 Co-Destiny 9057
45 Co-managed Inventory 12224
46 Co-Packers 11560
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6635
48 Computer-Based Training 7516
49 Consular Invoice 19356
50 Container Depot 10381
51 Container Freight Station 10136
52 Continuous Replenishment 19221
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11847
54 Contract Carrier 7209
55 Contract of Affreightment 11205
56 Control Charts 7774
57 Cost Flow 10084
58 Courier Service 14911
59 CPFR 8026
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11554
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43432
62 Date Code 17784
63 Days of Supply 19515
64 Dead on Arrival 8961
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7096
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7888
67 Detective Control 8708
68 Devanning 14011
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10625
70 Dispatching 23730
71 Distributed Inventory 8185
72 Distribution Channel Management 34130
73 Distribution Metrics 8757
74 Distribution Planning 23935
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14892
76 Double Marginalization 52271
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22024
78 Dual 5296
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20331
80 Echelon Inventory 25889
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37986
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48971
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7433
84 Efficient Frontier 25035
85 Engineer-to-Order 31311
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16000
87 Erlang B Formula 9131
88 ETD 8110
89 Ex Works 7687
90 Exception Rate 13188
91 Exponential smoothing 9633
92 External Growth 9846
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9232
94 Field Services 7599
95 Field Warehouse 9715
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8477
97 Fishbone Diagram 14345
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26585
99 Flow Through Distribution 12079
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7955
101 FOB Destination 12720
102 Forward buying 29770
103 Freight Charge 10125
104 Freight Consolidation 7352
105 Gantt Chart 8132
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11476
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29227
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12454
109 Hub 23096
110 Idle Time 7886
 
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